On the evening of the second day after meeting Pei Shengbin, Ye Pei set off again.

She changed into women's clothes, got into a carriage, took Zhou Xun and Lin Bihan, and came to an inconspicuous courtyard on Tianwangsi Street.

Soon after handing over the name post, the gate of the courtyard opened, and a person walked out to welcome Ye Pei in. He was of medium stature, with a round face and a square mouth, bearded hair, gold rings on his ears, and two swallowtailed mustaches on his mouth.

When Ye Pei entered the courtyard, this person twisted his fat body and walked in front of Ye Pei and gave a big salute, "Han Zhongbiao, the head of the Nanping Palace, see the princess of the country!" ”

Ye Pei helped Han Zhongbiao up with a smile and said, "Steward Han, please get up quickly, I ask to see you in private, and I don't need to pay a big salute." ”

It turned out that this person was the chief housekeeper of the Nanping Palace, Han Zhongbiao.

Han Zhongbiao is a member of the Han clan and has some relatives with the late Nanping princess Han Jianniang, so he got the position of head of the Nanping Palace.

This person can also be regarded as loyal to Xiao Shinan, but it is a pity that he is mediocre, and blindly greedy for money and favoritism, Xiao Shinan did not deal with him because of Han Jianniang's face.

Now that Xiao Shinan is dead, he is even more self-righteous and self-righteous.

Han Zhongbiao said to Ye Pei Fengying: "When the eldest princess enters the palace, she will be the princess and the master of the palace." Although I am a steward, I am only a slave after all, so how can I not respect you? ”

Although Han Zhongbiao said this, his eyes were full of disdain.

Ye Pei glanced at everything in the courtyard, and there were several singers peeping under the porch. The hall obviously looked like a banquet had just been set up, and the messy table of cups and plates had not yet had time to be cleaned up, but the guests were nowhere to be found.

Ye Pei showed a respectful and cautious look and said to Han Zhongbiao: "I married from the Song Dynasty and am not familiar with the rules of the Liao Kingdom. and the king of Nanping died of illness, and I have nothing to rely on, and now the only person I can rely on is Steward Han. ”

Saying that, Ye Peiying was blessed, and he actually had the appearance of those gentle women in the Southern Dynasty.

Han Zhongbiao looked even more meaningful, "Eldest princess, don't say that." With that, he welcomed Ye Pei into the side hall, sat down, and asked his subordinates to serve milk tea.

"The eldest princess tasted the milk tea of our Northern Dynasty, you must have never drunk it in the Southern Dynasty."

Ye Pei took a sip, thinking in his heart, this tea is almost the same as what Xiao Shinan gave her, it seems that Han Zhongbiao's usual food and clothing are all high-end.

Ye Pei smiled and said to Han Zhongbiao: "Well, this tea is indeed different from that of our Song Dynasty, and it is indeed a little unaccustomed to drinking it." ”

Han Zhongbiao said with a smile: "The princess is used to drinking the steamed tea of the Southern Dynasty, but our Northern Dynasty is different. We have to boil tea with boiling water, add salt, cheese, pepper, ginger and other things to make milk tea so delicious. ”

Ye Pei nodded frequently and said, "Manager Han, I am new to the school, and there will be many problems like this in the future, please give me advice." ”

As he spoke, Ye Pei waved his hand, and Lin Bihan came out with a small box and opened the lid of the black lacquer inlaid treasure, which was full of gold.

"Here is a hundred taels of gold, I hope that the chief manager of Han will accept it, this is our meeting gift."

Han Zhongbiao's eyes glowed like gold, and he smiled happily: "The eldest princess is worthy of being a princess from the rich Song Kingdom, she is really generous!" ”

"This is nothing in our Great Song Dynasty, my dowry is enough to fill half of the treasury of the Liao State, as long as I live well, I can also give Steward Han more gold, silver and jewelry in the future."

Han Zhongbiao nodded flatteringly and said, "The eldest princess is right, you are really a blessed person!" ”

Ye Pei changed his sad expression, "What a blessed person!" I am widowed before I get married, so what's the use of having money? I wonder if my mother-in-law is easy to get along with? The two children left behind by the king of Nanping were disobedient. ”

"Are you asking the old lady and the prince and the county lord?"

Ye Pei knew that what Han Zhongbiao was talking about was the eldest princess of Qi State, Yelu Qing's birthday daughter, and Xiao Shinan's eldest daughter Xiao Yiyi and youngest son Xiao Jingrong.

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Han Zhongbiao knew that Ye Pei secretly came to see him before entering the mansion, and sent a lot of money to inquire about the situation in the mansion.

Xiao Shinan died of illness, the old concubine is old, the son is young, if the new princess also relies on herself, she can really be said to be the prince in the Nanping Palace.

Han Zhongbiao was proud in his heart, and said endlessly: "The old lady is over half a hundred years old, and she doesn't care about anything serious anymore, you can rest assured." Shizi is loyal and reasonable, and he is also an obedient and good child. However, the eldest daughter of the king of Nanping, Yiyi County Lord, has some ideas. ”

"What big idea can an eleven or twelve-year-old girl have? Is there anyone around her who instigates her? Ye Pei asked deliberately.

"Don't underestimate this Yiyi County Lord, the idea is very big, why do you use others to instigate? She has been riding and archery since she was a child, and the king of Nanping personally taught her riding and archery and martial arts, which is very powerful! ”

Ye Pei pretended to be surprised and said, "A girl can also do martial arts!" In our Southern Dynasties, women are all out of the door, embroidering and weaving at home, and ordinary women don't know the ligature. A woman is virtuous if she is not talented! ”

Han Zhongbiao asked strangely: "I heard that the eldest princess, you are also a female general who is good at martial arts and can lead troops to fight?" ”

Ye Pei smiled indifferently and said, "What female general, this is all misinformation!" I only learned to play polo in the palace.

Da Liao sent troops to the south, and there was no one available in my court, so the imperial brother sent me out to be a supervisor. Tan Xin was not defeated, and he almost killed me, which was really scary. Later, he defeated Xiao Xiaoli, that is the skill of Yang Wenguang, the general of the Yang family, how can I be a little woman?

Otherwise, our king of Nanping will arrest me as soon as he comes out. The Southern Dynasty also paid attention to chastity, and I had no choice but to marry Liao, alas, I was also unwilling to talk about it. ”

Han Zhongbiao said with a smile: "The eldest princess came with her relatives, and she has contributed to the friendship between the two countries. ”

"Hmph, so, I made such a big sacrifice for the Great Song Dynasty, shouldn't I get more dowries!"

"Yes, naturally it should!" Han Zhongbiao looked at the stupid and rich new princess in front of him, and made a small calculation in his heart.

"Haha, such a cowardly and incompetent woman, how can she be moved to come up with more money."

"Steward Han, Steward Han!" Han Zhongbiao wanted to get into trouble, and Ye Pei called twice before calling his god back.

"What? What did you say, eldest princess? ”

"Where did we just go?"

"Oh, yes, Lord Yiyi. Of course, no matter how big her idea is, she is still just a child, eldest princess, you will listen to me in the future, and I guarantee that you will have a smooth life in the palace......"

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When Ye Pei and a few people came out of the official Han Zhongbiao's house and boarded the carriage, Lin Bihan immediately said: "Steward Han's face is really disgusting!" ”

Ye Pei also smiled contemptuously, "Let him be happy for two more days!" ”

Zhou Xun said: "Eldest princess, you are really good at acting!" "Acting?" Ye Pei suddenly laughed, and at the end of the laugh, tears came out of his eyes.

She felt sour and bitter in her heart, if it weren't for Xiao Shinan's death, how could she use to deal with the villain like this? I have always been above board, and when did I learn these shady methods.

Lin Bihan saw Ye Pei's state, took her in his arms, stroked her back and comforted: "Princess, everything will be fine!" ”

When Ye Pei heard this, he couldn't hold back his tears anymore and whimpered in Lin Bihan's arms.

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Three days later, it was the auspicious day of the wedding of the relatives.

Early this morning, Ye Pei put on the most solemn dress of the Song Dynasty, dressed in bright red clothes, wearing a crown of four phoenix pearls, pedaling Ruyi pearl shoes, and painting the most gorgeous pearl makeup.

Ye Pei wanted Xiao Shinan to see how she looked in her wedding dress, she wanted Zhao Zhen to see how she looked in her wedding dress, and she wanted Lou Zijin to see how she looked in her wedding dress, but what about them? They all left her, and they never met again in their dreams.

For whom else is she wearing this wedding dress today? For whom?

Looking at the big red wedding dress in the big bronze mirror, Ye Pei felt in a trance that he had returned to the time when he was married and killed in Hujiazhuang.

At that time, I was full of spirits, but I didn't expect that wearing a wedding dress would be a marriage. Could it be that he had already married a bandit in the first place, and his days of widowhood should be counted from that day?

Ye Pei took off the golden hairpin on his head and cut the bronze mirror, and lamented to himself: "It's really the so-called broken hairpin, and no one returns to the end of the world!" ”

"Princess, don't do this!"

Lin Bihan, the female official who sent her relatives, held Ye Pei's hand, snatched the golden hairpin, and inserted it back into Ye Pei's head.

She wanted to persuade her, but she couldn't persuade her, so she just said: "Princess, the auspicious time has come, you are ready to get on the sedan chair!" ”

At this time, the people of the city of Xijin Mansion came out to watch the ceremony, which was the great excitement of the Liao Kingdom in recent years. The entire Shanzhou Street was crowded with people, and the water could not be drained.

Liao's welcoming team is also full of momentum, and Xiao Shinan's cousin Xiao Zhengnan takes over his brother's relatives.

He put on the groom's official dress, wore a golden crown, wore a big red narrow-sleeved jacket, covered with a silver rat coat, and wore black boots, riding on a pure black high-headed horse, majestic.

He was followed by Han Zhongxun, the envoy of the Liao State, behind Han Zhongxun was the ceremonial guard of honor, and then behind him were hundreds of Khitan military attachés and guards in purple robes and hairpins.

The wedding guard of honor of the eldest princess of the Great Song Dynasty set off from the post house, and Ye Pei sat on the sedan chair and personally sent off the relatives with the envoy Fu Bi. The ceremonial procession followed, followed by a hundred female officials and maids, and then a dowry of six hundred.

In front of the Nanping Palace, Lin Bihan lifted the sedan curtain to help Ye Pei get off the sedan chair.

First, he walked through a pot of red brazier that was burning vigorously, called "Mai brazier", symbolizing the prosperity of the days to come.

Then step over a pair of saddles placed on the ground, called "straddle saddles", which means peace and security.

At this time, the bridegroom shot three arrows into the air outside the gate, indicating that he would turn evil into good fortune in the future.

When you enter the gate of the house, you will first worship Ao Gu.

Ao Gu is held by a Khitan woman with qualifications, she sits as an Ao, and both husband and wife bow to her, just like the process of the Han people worshipping heaven and earth.

Then enter the hall to pay homage to his parents, and the man only has the eldest princess of Qi, Yelu Qingshou, to accept the worship.

Next, Xiao Zhengnan sent the bride into the cave room, and the wedding banquet began, and many etiquettes will not be repeated.